An associate at Wolf Popper LLP since February 2019, Antoinette ("Debi") Adesanya is a graduate of the University of Bristol, U.K. (LL.B., 2014), Georgetown University Law Center, U.S.A. (LL.M., Dean’s list, with distinction, 2016), and the Nigerian Law School, Nigeria (B.L., 2017). Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Adesanya interned in the legal department of a multi-national company based in Nigeria, and subsequently at two respected firms in New York, specializing in securities and antitrust litigation, and cross-border disputes with China-based companies doing business in the U.S., respectively. An avid volunteer, Ms. Adesanya regularly works with pro bono legal organizations within the City.
Ms. Adesanya has been involved in the litigation of several cases at Wolf Popper LLP including, but not limited to:
Pub. Empls. Ret. Sys. of Miss. v. TreeHouse Foods, Inc., Case No. 16-cv-10632 (N.D. Ill.);
Sarah Valelly v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-07998-VEC (S.D.N.Y.);
Jackson v. Microchip Technology Inc., No. CV-18-2914 (D. Ariz.);
In re MSG Networks Inc. Stockholder Class Action Litigation, No. 2021-0575-KSJM (Del. Ch.); and
Kaur v. Envision Healthcare Corp, et al., Case 4:19-cv-02480 (S.D. Tex.).